So the world is fine. We don’t have to save the world; the world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it. That’s what we need to think about.

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter

Speech (2001-05), “Parrots, the Universe, and Everything,” University of California, Santa Barbara
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Closing words. This was one of the last public appearances by Adams before his death.